sextuplicate

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
23
Words With Friends
27
Letters
12
Pronunciation
/sɛksˈtjuːplɪkət/
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/sɛksˈtjuːplɪkət/ · /sɛksˈtjuːplɪkeɪt/

Definition of sextuplicate

4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Six times the number, volume, length, etc. (of something else).
    “The customer ordered a sextuplicate quantity.”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Six times the number, volume, length, etc. (of something else).
    “The customer ordered a sextuplicate quantity.”
  2. (not-comparable)Comprising six identical parts.
    “Benzene is a sextuplicate hydrocarbon.”

noun

  1. A series, set, collection, or group of six identical copies of something.
    “1945: United States Twelfth Army, Report of Operations: Final After Action Report, PAGE UNKNOWN If the official receipt is not available, the appropriate CA officer will prepare a similar receipt in sextuplicate.”
    “…signed (in quadruplicate for the Financial Office, quintuplicate for the Registrar, and, inexplicably, sextuplicate for the Health Department).”

verb

  1. (transitive)To make six copies of.
    “Sextuplicate this document for me, please.”

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Etymology

From Latin sextuplicātus, past participle form of sextuplicāre (“to sextuple”), from sextuplus (“sixfold”), from sextus (“sixth”) (from sex (“six”)) + -plus (“-fold”) (from plicare (“to fold”)).

Words you can make from sextuplicate

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10-letter words

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9-letter words

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8-letter words

33 words

7-letter words

92 words

6-letter words

64 words

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